A Teesside school choir has created a hit record - to raise much-needed funds for an Eaglescliffe teenager.

Pupils from Egglescliffe School have come together to help former pupil Evie Hope Whittaker, 19, with her cancer fight.

The song called Together We Stand features the secondary school’s pop choir Urban Voice and is currently in the top 30 in the Itunes Songs Chart.

It was put together by music fan Evie’s singing teacher Cherie Gears.

Evie Whittaker of Eaglescliffe is remaining defiant and upbeat - despite an ongoing battle with cancer. Evie with Steven Gerrard (Image: Family photo)

Cherie said: “It’s just amazing. The kids are over the moon. For those school kids to be in the same charts as their idols is just incredible. This is all for Evie. We have all come together for Evie. We are all going to stand together.”

With UK treatment options exhausted for Evie, the search has shifted to Germany, complete with a potential £75,000 price tag.

The choir is raising the money to get the teenager to the country for immunotherapy treatment - which is where the body’s immune system attacks cancer cells.